Brilliant Mark Morford column on Schiavo case/living wills

[demokatgurrl]

Do You Need A Living Will?
Keep Congress and rabid Christians off your sad, brain-damaged body -- fill this out today


You could be hit by a bus tomorrow. You could fall horribly ill, get a tumor, be struck in the head by unimaginably heavy things. You could get mercury poisoning as a result of a laughable, Bush-gutted Environmental Protection Agency that just doesn't give a damn anymore. Hey, it could happen. Will you be ready? Do you have the proper paperwork?

<snip>
So, no prayers. No vigils. No camera crews. No snarling attacks on my family or my naturopath or my dog. Just a few loved ones meditating calmly and maybe some Bach cello or Chopin nocturnes or old Massive Attack playing softly in the background as a large dose of Laphroaig 15 pumps quietly through the intravenous and a warmhearted spiritual healer/energy worker sits nearby to help point me to the correct Exit sign leading to the moist afterlife. That's all. Just let me go, in peace. This is all I ask. This is all any of us should ask. Now, where do I sign?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/03/30/notes033005.DTL&nl=fix

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. Once again, my offer .............

It's been wildly popular with DUers, so I post this again:

http://tinyurl.com/5wu7d

[silverweb]

3. Thank you!

I missed the original thread, so I'm glad you reposted about it! My kids know my wishes -- I've made them very clear often enough -- but I never filled out the legal paperwork before. It's very good of you to make the form available for free.

:hi:

On edit: Morford nails it again! He's one of my favorites. :)

[Kadie]

2. I just finished reading it.

:thumbsup:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. That photo.............

Thanks again for that wonderful picture of the tarsier. It's my wallpaper here and on a laptop, and it never fails to make me smile.........

So, here's to you, Kadie: :toast:

[Kadie]

5. He makes me smile too.

:hi: